Fall, 2008
New Faculty Member!
The Philosophy Department is extremely
pleased to welcome Dr. Allan Hillman to the Department. A native
of Mississippi, Allen received his Ph.D. in the summer of 2008 from
Purdue University. He specializes in Early Modern Philosophy and
Metaphysics, with a dissertation on Leibniz. We look forward greatly
to his contributions to our program.
Important Upcoming Conference Information
for Students and Professional Philosophers:
1st annual Interdisciplinary Approach to Philosophical
Issues Conference (2008)
Hosted by the University of South Alabama
This year's theme will be "At the Crossroads
of Philosophy and Psychology"
Sponsored by University of South Alabama Philosophy Department and
the SGA
September 19-20 2008
Keynote speaker: Joshua Knobe, University of North Carolina
Submissions are due no later than August 1. Early submissions
are encouraged.
Presentations should be 20 to 30 minutes in length. Presentations
will be followed by commentary and audience discussion.
Papers should be prepared for blind review.
The cover page should include the following:
1) author's name
2) professional or student submission (note: advanced students are
welcome to submit "upwards")
3) institutional affiliation
4) email address
5) telephone number
6) the paper's title
7) an abstract - 150 words maximum
Papers in any area of philosophy are welcome, but papers in the
area of philosophy of psychology, broadly construed, will be given
special consideration. Philosophy of psychology, broadly construed,
includes, but is not limited to, philosophy of psychology, philosophy
of cognitive science, philosophy of moral psychology, philosophy
of mind, philosophy of language, action theory, artificial intelligence,
rationality, philosophical psychology, etc. We encourage papers
from across all disciplines, as long as the papers are philosophical
in nature.
Student papers - undergraduate or graduate - in any area
of philosophy are welcome, but papers in the area of philosophy
of psychology, broadly construed, will be given special consideration.
Philosophy of psychology, broadly construed, includes, but is not
limited to, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of cognitive science,
philosophy of moral psychology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of
language, action theory, artificial intelligence, rationality, philosophical
psychology, etc. We encourage papers from students across all disciplines,
as long as the papers are philosophical in nature.
There will be a $15 conference fee for student submitters, payable
at the conference. A prize will be awarded to the best student paper.
There will be a $25 conference fee for professional presenters,
payable at the conference.
Papers should be emailed to jss310@jaguar1.usouthal.edu no later
than August 1.
Questions can be emailed to jss310@jaguar1.usouthal.edu.
Philosophy Club Meeting.
The Philosophy Club is meeting this Springl. The Club is open to
any interested U.S.A. student, regardless of major. Contact Christina
at CMT401 _ at _ jaguar1.usouthal.edu for details.